Laptop doesn't connect to Wifi

[James02]

Icecream, the router already works with his smart phones. 

On this note, don't use Outlook or Internet Explorer until Microsoft stops integrating them into the OS. So many malware attacks on Windows rely on users using the defaults: IE and Outlook. Any flaw allows many to be infected. This is not (just) an anti-Microsoft thing, but a real problem. The single source of code (Microsoft) and the integration of it into the OS, coupled with Windows on most OEM boxes, results in a too big of identical setups which results in any security flaw being amplified. A single flaw allows a bad guy to get many positive hits without even trying.

Well a really great solution would be to drop in an Ubuntu disk, and when it asks if you want to delete the entire hard drive, type Yes.  (Of course after you had already saved all your work files).

[Rosarium]

Well a really great solution would be to drop in an Ubuntu disk, and when it asks if you want to delete the entire hard drive, type Yes.  (Of course after you had already saved all your work files).

Not really, at least, in this situation.

Although, it would be a good idea (now that I think of it) to try a live disk which can use the wireless on the computer. That would eliminate hardware problems, however, it could not necessarily confirm them.

But finding if it works with other wireless access points is still a more useful step.

[icecream]

wow he doesnt need to reinstall system. live disk better option as rosarium say

[Rosarium]

wow he doesnt need to reinstall system. live disk better option as rosarium say

He wasn't entirely serious in it being a specific solution, but that it was a long term solution to switch to a Real Operating System (well, one of them, I don't like Ubuntu).

And one cannot reinstall something which was not installed before ;)

In the help I give, I first focus on the immediate problem and try to solve that quickly no matter how bad I think the underlying choices are. If someone wants to enable the root account on Ubuntu, I can tell them how to do that, even though I advise against it. Only when I have evidence that a person is mistaking the problem to I offer correction.

[icecream]

i gotach!

better yet call up router manufacturer and theyll figure it out. really this is not problem he need to solve himself. call up router compant and they help him in 5 monutes

[Rosarium]

i gotach!

better yet call up router manufacturer and theyll figure it out. really this is not problem he need to solve himself. call up router compant and they help him in 5 monutes

They'd not be able to do much. The troubleshooting steps I gave would cover what they could. At best, they'd recommend resetting the router or, if they thought it was a problem with the router (which, I wouldn't count on at this point until the rest is eliminated), they'd replace it.

[QuisUtDeus]

I think if we got the ipconfig info, that would go a long way.  That will show how DNS is setup, if DHCP is being used, etc.

Like, here's mine:

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Blanche
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : rlyeh.local
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : rlyeh.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : rlyeh.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ether
net Controller #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-CB-4E-26-CF-9A
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : rlyeh.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ether
net Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-CB-4E-26-D3-3A
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::39cf:c2eb:8139:e7ad%11(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.112(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 249613134
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-EA-9D-44-E0-CB-4E-26-D3-3A

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.2.2.1
                                       192.168.1.21
                                       192.168.1.1
   Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.21
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.rlyeh.local:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : rlyeh.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

[Rosarium]

Interesting host name.

Mine is:

~$hostname
Juliet-Capulet

[QuisUtDeus]

Interesting host name.

Mine is:

~$hostname
Juliet-Capulet

Blanche is named after one of Vox's rats who died.  She in turn was named after Blanche in the movie "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"  Her sister rat was named "Baby Jane", of course, which is the name of another computer I have.  Also, Petunia, named after our chicken who died this year.

I also have computers named after philosophers and H.P. Lovecraft mythos.  You can see my domain is Rlyeh which is where Cthuhlu lies.  The Domain Controller is named Cthulhu for obvious reasons.   ;D

[Rosarium]

Interesting host name.

Mine is:

~$hostname
Juliet-Capulet

Blanche is named after one of Vox's rats who died.  She in turn was named after Blanche in the movie "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"  Her sister rat was named "Baby Jane", of course, which is the name of another computer I have.  Also, Petunia, named after our chicken who died this year.

I also have computers named after philosophers and H.P. Lovecraft mythos.  You can see my domain is Rlyeh which is where Cthuhlu lies.  The Domain Controller is named Cthulhu for obvious reasons.   ;D

Nice. My computers are getting Pharaoh names recently. Someone suggested that I name my new desktop (on a thread on the forum) Juliet because I had a bird named Romeo (dead pets seem to be common sources of names...probably a cracker opportunity there).

RamsesII and Thutmose are my new Thinkpads